diff --git a/src/core/vfs.coffee b/src/core/vfs.coffee
index 0814365..b072288 100644
--- a/src/core/vfs.coffee
+++ b/src/core/vfs.coffee
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class BaseFileHandler
 
     meta: (f) ->
 
+    getlink: () -> @path
     # for main action read, write, remove, execute
     # must be implemented by subclasses
     action: (n, p, f) ->
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@ class RemoteFileHandler extends self.OS.API.VFS.BaseFileHandler
     meta: (f) ->
         _API.handler.fileinfo @path, f
     
+    getlink: () ->
+        _API.handler.get + "/" + @path
+
     action: (n, p, f) ->
         me = @
         switch n
diff --git a/src/core/vfs/GoogleDriveHandler.coffee b/src/core/vfs/GoogleDriveHandler.coffee
index dbb5e0a..be1c8d3 100644
--- a/src/core/vfs/GoogleDriveHandler.coffee
+++ b/src/core/vfs/GoogleDriveHandler.coffee
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ class GoogleDriveHandler extends this.OS.API.VFS.BaseFileHandler
         @sendB64 m, (data) ->
             xhr.send data.replace /^data:[^;]+;base64,/g, ""
 
+    getlink: () ->
+        return @info.webContentLink if @ready
+        return undefined
+
     action: (n, p, f) ->
         me = @
         q = _courrier.getMID()